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I have never had my serve clocked, I am sure it is far from unimpressive in terms of speed.

Has anyone here had their serve clocked before? I am curious to see what people think they are laying down in terms of speed. Maybe Jamesdster and OSU can stab at what my flat serve speed is... I am clueless.

I have never had my serve clocked, I am sure it is far from unimpressive in terms of speed.

Has anyone here had their serve clocked before? I am curious to see what people think they are laying down in terms of speed. Maybe Jamesdster and OSU can stab at what my flat serve speed is... I am clueless.

I was clocked at over 100 and that was long ago. I have to believe I could clear 110 MPH now. I would definitely guess you could also hit at least 110 MPH.

I have never had my serve clocked, I am sure it is far from unimpressive in terms of speed.

Has anyone here had their serve clocked before? I am curious to see what people think they are laying down in terms of speed. Maybe Jamesdster and OSU can stab at what my flat serve speed is... I am clueless.

Way back when I started playing tennis, my serve was clocked at one of the tournament booths at around 110. But those booths are not a very good test. You walk up cold and start cracking serves. Bad test, and not good for the shoulder.I'd love to see what it really is now that I've learned to serve better (in reality I've learned to serve since), and I'm able to warm up and play before getting tested.

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I'll estimate I can crack 100 at my very fastest but I would also say that's a very rare thing, I would say my 'good day' fastest serves are 85-100. Mdshahid I believe can crank it around 110, or at least 100 a little more frequently than I can.

These are pretty rough estimates I would say, wouldnt' be surprised if I was way off. When I started playing tennis, a totaly newbie, I used to play with this kid who used to think he was all great and used to brag about his serve being clocked 76 mph. And I never had trouble handling that serve back then and I know for sure I was able to hit faster two-three years later. Since then my form has only improved (and so i need considerably less effort to achieve those speeds) and I do at times shoot for some faster serves just to make sure I can still do it (I don't worry about speeds much, I have mostly been using my good form to keep stress off my arms and place balls well) and I know I can hit it well beyond what I could from back in the day.

15 yrs ago I entered a fast serve contest while playing at the WV Open and was clocked at 120, and I would've sworn it was at 130 but you don't serve nearly as fast as you might think you are. I'd say Scott could hit 113 - 116, there, how's that for an estimate? On a good day, I think I could still hit 120, just can't do it many times in a match anymore due to a touchy shoulder. So now they are far and few between.

« Last Edit: January 20, 2008, 08:22:36 PM by Jamesdster »

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